The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-01-11

PERSONALLY PARAGRAPHS, MINOR MEN,
TON, ANDLOCAL LACONICS.
The News Of the Day Boiled Down and
Served Up in Condensed s~hape-About
Folks You Know, and Interesting Items
Happily and Hastily Hit.

Considerable ice has been harvested in
Chesterfield this winter.
The Council Committee on Grounds and
Buildings will in future meet with closed
doors.
Miss Cora Tanner is playing alone in
London" at Ford's Theatre, Baltimore,
this week.
A half dozen Northern families have
settled in Chesterfield during the past
two months.
Mr.. Owen NJ. Mallory (Old Hickory is
on a visit to his friends in Richmond and
Manchester.
Colonel 10. Lane Stern has been in
Danville inspecting the military and has
now gone to L%ynchburg.
Messrs. Samuel D. Hicks, Jr., and Will
lie G.. Hicks have left on a business trip to
Baltimore and Washington.
There will be no steamer from West
Point TO Baltimore over the York River
line until tomorrow, January II.
Mr.. Charles w. Scott, of Lynchburg,
and Colonel John Hampton HOge, OF
Governor Lees staff, are in the city.
Mr.. II. O. Williams, State secretary Of
the Young Mems Christian Associations,
is conducting meetings in Alexandria.
The meetings which were conducted at
the First Baptist church will be CON
tinued at the Second church this week.
Presiding Elder j. Powell Garland
preached Sunday morning at Clay-street
Methodist church, and at night at Cente-
nary.
The January term of the Chesterfield
County Court commenced yesterday. 1t
will not be a lengthy term, as the docket
is small.
The United veterans will meet to-mor-
row night. An important matter Of busl-
ness is the election Of officers for the en-
suing term.
At 1915 Yesterday morning the cold
wave flag was hoisted to the broad breeze
of heaven over the Chamber Of Com
merce rooms.
George Francis Swami died in Balti-
more Sunday, aged Al years. The deceased
had relatives and friends in various sec
tions of Virginia.
The Senior Lyceum of the Y. M. G. A.
will give a public debate and entertain
ment this evening. They will be glad TO
see all their friends.
There was a large attendance at the
Salvation services Sunday morning and
night. The services were interesting and
perfect order was maintained.
Manager f. NJ. Castine has received
the beautiful Elks pin which was pre-
sented him as a Christmas gift by the
Academy employees at Christmas.
Messrs. Green and Ragland, the Rich
mond delegates to the Bricklayers' Inter
national Union at Washington, were in
attendance on the session yesterday.
Master Ralph Bingham, the celebrated
boy orator, formerly of this city, will
give an entertainment at Clay-street
Methodist Episcopal church tonight.
Operations have not yet commenced at
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field, n the Richmond and Danville rail
road, but it is expected that work will
be commenced there after the winter
months.
Old Dominion Lodge, No. 81, had three
limitations and seven new applications
on Saturday night. This lodge is rapidly
increasing, and oon will number one
hundred and fifty if members keep up
their work.
NJ. Methven T. Freemen, who has held
an important clerkship for several years
in Traffic Manager Haas office, left for
Washington city yesterday evening to fill
the chief clerkship in General Freight
Agent brakes office.
Bishop Randolph, of the Episcopal
church, Sunday visited st. James's
church, Ashland, and confirmed five
candidates. He preached from the text,
For whatsoever a man soweth, that
also shall he reap" a sermon of marked
beauty and power.